Kathmandu, March 14 -- Private developers of hydropower projects have asked the government to address obstacles hampering their operations like delays in getting forest clearance, difficulties in obtaining explosives required for blasting rocks, and delays in the construction of power lines to evacuate the electricity generated.

Speaking at an interaction organised by the Energy Ministry on Wednesday, which brought together developers of the 35 hydropower projects with an installed capacity of 25 MW or above which have signed power purchase agreements with the Nepal Electricity Authority, they asked the ministry to deal with the problems immediately.

According to Sailendra Guragain, president of the Independent Power Producers' Associat...